The Zn- or Cu-Thionein Character of a Metallothionein Determines Its Metal Load When Synthesized in Physiological (Metal-Unsupplemented) Conditions

<table>Deconvoluted ESI-TOF MS spectra of the recombinant Zn(II)-MT complexes obtained from the pGEX-MT expression system with no zinc supplementation to the culture: (a) mouse MT1; (b) yeast Crs5; (c) <i>D. melanogaster</i> MtnB and (d) <i>D. melanogaster</i> MtnA. (e) MtnB was also synthesized in zinc-enriched medium, to be used as a control.</table>

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Figure 1: The Zn- or Cu-Thionein Character of a Metallothionein Determines Its Metal Load When Synthesized in Physiological (Metal-Unsupplemented) Conditions 

Figure 1 | The Zn- or Cu-Thionein Character of a Metallothionein Determines Its Metal Load When Synthesized in Physiological (Metal-Unsupplemented) Conditions 